It looks as though it's going to freeze tonight and I have to be up for work at 5am. Any body got any ideas on how to protect car windows from freezing up so that I don't have to go scrapping them at such an early hour? I've heard something somewhere along the lines of wiping the interiors of the windows with a solution of white wine vinegar mixed with water. Any body heard this too? Does anybody have any other tips other than using a plastic refuse bag or news paper?
2007-02-02 08:23:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Cleaning your windows with some white vinegar mixed with water can help. But if you go to a Pep Boys or Autozone Prestone makes a product called De-Icer. It comes in a small yellow spray can and you simply spray it onto windows and it melts the ice on contact. It may have an alcohol smell to it when used, that is normal. I think it is $5 or less for the can, I would try some of this, it helps me tremendously.
Also, just go out early before you leave and let the car warm up for 10-15 minutes, put the defroster on the vent control and high heat and let it do its job as well.
2007-02-02 08:27:27 · answer #1 · answered by DakotaPR7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just had a prob with this! Get pieces of cardboard that are the size (or cut them to size) the windows in question. Make sure you put the cardboard as close as it will go to the windows. The cardboard freezes, you take the cardboard off in the morning and you have minimal stuff to deal with on your windshield. I've heard this also works better if you use a blanket instead of cardboard b/c the blanket can lay right on the windshield.
2007-02-02 08:25:39 · answer #2 · answered by Smeather 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boredom? Time off? There are two duties, one is port and the other is starboard. One works 12 hours, then the other works 12 hours. So it is 12 on and 12 off. The deck of a carrier is one of the most dangerous place to work. Mix fuel, missiles, and other assorted explosive devices and add jet exhaust and intake, cords. lines, ropes to trip over. Propellers to slice and dice and it requires your full attention. BTW, day or night, sunny, sleet, snow, ice, or hot and humid the carrier operates all of the time. When I was in the carriers were on a 9/3. Out to sea for 9 months then back home for 3. (Although that is just you as the carrier never sits in port for three months.) It is 90 feet to the sea if you have the misfortune of going over board. I spent over 6 years in the Navy during the Vietnam era.
2016-05-24 06:01:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just use some cold water, the colder the better. Remember, glass does not react well to large changes in temperature. It typically will crack. With this in mind, again, make sure it is COLD water, and not even room temp water. Even 33 degree F water is warmer than ice, so it will melt the ice.
2007-02-02 08:30:56 · answer #4 · answered by Doug K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luke warm water......get some of that defrosting crap that you spray on.........vinegar and water on the wipers keeps them clean, i don't think that will take the ice off the windows.
2007-02-02 08:27:43 · answer #5 · answered by chloe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go out at 5 in the morning and pour warm NOT COLD OR HOT water on your windshield and let the car warm up and turn the defrost on and go...
2007-02-02 08:29:42 · answer #6 · answered by Kev 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Build a garage when you can, one of the best investments you can make, less car problems, cars last longer, and no scraping windows.
2007-02-02 13:26:50 · answer #7 · answered by mister ss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have put the floor mats from my car on the windshield before.
Buy a can of de-icer. I use it regularly.
2007-02-02 08:27:42 · answer #8 · answered by I know, I know!!!! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the auto parts and see what products they have, such as windshield washer fluid with antifreez.
2007-02-02 08:30:22 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either use a old blanket or a large piece of cardboard...It works well here in Minnesota
2007-02-02 08:27:13 · answer #10 · answered by shorty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋